A 52-year-old woman in Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area, Imo
State, Mrs. Tina Iwuji has landed herself in the police net of the Imo State Police Command for allegedly selling off her son's girlfriend's baby girl of two weeks for the sum of N350,000.
It all began when Iwuji’s son, Emeka, who resides in
Lagos sent his pregnant girlfriend, Esther Godwin, a native of
Ndoki, Delta State to Mbaise to stay with his mum till after her delivery. As planned, both Emeka and Esther never disclosed to the woman that her son was
responsible for the pregnancy.
The baby who was sold to one Mrs. Bernadine Abara, who claimed to be in need of a girl
to complement her three sons was born on the 11th of April 2014 at Hope Clinic and Maternity, Mbaise. After the delivery of the baby, Tina Iwuji's son, Emeka
allegedly called his mother on the phone and instructed that she should
arrange for the sale of the baby and the money realized be given to
Esther to enable her to continue with her education in Lagos State.
Tina Iwuji who inquired from
Esther whether her mother was aware of her pregnancy and her presence
in her house in Mbaise said:
“It was my son
Emeka Iwuji who brought Esther as a friend not a wife from Lagos to my
home in Mbaise, Imo State. I asked Esther who was responsible for her
pregnancy and she said it was not my son. I asked her what was her
mission and whether her mother was aware that she came to Mbaise but she
said no. She came to the house on January 7, 2014.
Also in an interview, Esther disclosed:
“My
husband, Emeka, impregnated me in Lagos and took me to his family house
in Mbaise, Imo State. I didn’t tell his mother that he was responsible
for the pregnancy.”
She further added:
“When I delivered, my
husband told his mother that she should sell the baby girl and give me
the money to go back to Lagos. My mother-in-law was desperate to sell
the baby girl.”
At this point, a nurse who is part of the baby adoption/ sales
syndicate, Eunice Eze came into the picture and invited another woman,
Patricia Njoku, who identified a willing buyer, Mrs Benardine Abara.
The whole arrangement and exposure got to the police when the mother of the baby, Esther whose baby was forcefully taken away from her by the younger brother of Tina, Nicholas Imoh because of her disagreement to sell the baby ran off in tears to the Mbaise police station to report the case.
Fortunately, the police was able to arrest the culprits and also
recovered the baby.
It was during police interrogation that Tina learnt that her son was
responsible for Esther’s pregnancy. With visible agony, she said:
“It
was when I was arrested with the other people that Esther confessed that
my son Emeka was responsible for her pregnancy. I was shocked.”
On her part, Bernardine acknowledged buying the baby that was brought
to her house but, however, said she was not aware that it was stolen
from the mother. She said:
“I have three boys and I needed a female
baby. I paid N350,000 and she was handed over to me by Nurse Eunice Eze.
They gave me the baby on April 13, 2014 around 6.00pm. The following
day, policemen came to arrest me in my house. They (Nurse Eze and the
others) had told me earlier that the adoption was perfected.”
Source: Sunday Sun
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